Daily Republican., 1887-08-25
RAJLROAD wREOKs.
Immigrants Injured by Co'l!sion on
the Baltimore a3d Ohio.

the Baltimore asd Ohio.
WHEELING, w. Va, August 81 "A
frightful colllsion, With loss Of lite. oc'
curred on the Baltimore and Ohio Il .ii-
road at Glen Eastop siiiug, point
twenty -four miles east OF this city, at
O'Clock this morning. a west bound
emigrant train running rs the third
section Of train No. 83 was descending
a heavy grade, when 1t crashed into
the east. t.bound freight train No. 88
with fearful velocity, wrecking both
en- eines and badly smashing up o large
number of cars. The passengers OF the
train consisted Of Norwegians, Bfnns,
Danes, kGe' mana, Dutch and few
English. Most Of them kept their
head 3, and, as soop as the first parcxysm
of terror had subsidej, lent their effor:s
to isepgsging their fellow.pnssengers
from the debris and attending to their
injuries. Al Smith and Isaac Arbuth'
not, engineer and fireman OF the emil
grant traip, were found TO be tho only
two persons killed outright, but some
Is or 40 were hurt moro or less seri-
ously.
i A messenger was at once dispatched
to Gamer on and Mcundville for aesis-
tauce. and pending the arrival OF the
IDuY6ICldu6 bL6 CltlbClo ia SiSh A2"SsoA4
and tho farmers round about turned
out in great numbers to give assistance.
LINCOLN, Ill, August A.-A passen
ger train on the Peoria, Decatur q
Evansville, Railroad was derailed near
Salt Creek last night. The engine and
ali the cars left the rails while going
at the rate OF forty miles ON hour. For
. tuuately, the entire train remained on
the grade and came to standstill after
humping off the ties for o distance OF
200 feet. a search was made for the
cause Of the accident. and 1t was dis.
covered that the ish-plstes and spikes
: had been removed from the rails. In
the weeds on the bank crowbar and
, other tools were found with which The
: work had b. en- done. Tiere Is no doub
that the purpose OF the 6snds was tC
rob the train. A freight train follow
+ ing close behind was stopped fev
: yards from the derailed passenger train
and thus what might have been m or
serious disaster was ayertsd. No on'
g was injured.
{ scRANIoN, Pa, August CA
!, frightful accident occurred on the LIE
i. high Valley Railroad at Ransom town
J. ship at noon to-day. A pony engine
J. on which were General Superintendent
Stevenson, Of the Lehigh Road; Road
master John NJ. Rshm, 8. G. Collin
and Lewis NJ. Hal, of Towsnda, whil
70 rounding curve, plunged into gan
, of five track men and instantly kille'
q Phillip Connell, foreman Of the gan
T, and q Hungarian laborer, and fatal.
ia Injured another Hungarian laboreI
The men had Just left the up track t
avoid q freight train. The freigh
hp,t haIf {ta 1av, IN mo n Ih
n men when they were struck by th
"a Superintendent's engine.
" The engine was going at the rate
Z. 20 miles an hour at the time OF the acc
i, dent. Coroner Burnett, of this cttI
was summoned to the scene, and hear
the testimony Of eyewitnesses OF Il
of accident. The men who were on II
10. engine said they did not rec the tract
re men until they were within 10 rods
g, them. The engines whistle was SCUM
ed, but the men did not appear to he
1t. An order was recently issued
,a track foremen forbidding them to allo
il men to work on the tracks whi. Q trail
re were passing, and In consideration
e, this fact the Coroner exonerated Il
officials and the engineer.
EAsToN, Pa. August 24.-The res
n. brakeman on coal train Of the Jerse
of Central Railroad which stopped {
n. Craneford, N. j., this morning to TAX
a. water failtn to flag freight train 70
lowing, ali collision resulted.
number of vArs were thrown against
coal train moving on another track, al
ad cars of the latter train were throw
a against a train on the third trac
N Travel was delayed six hours, al
twenty five cars were broken up ar
two engines badly damaged.
"A LANCASTER, Pa, August A-Tf
nd afternoon the Frederick accommod
tn, tion, o passenger train running betwe
Columbia and Lancaster, ran into t
rear Of freight train between Colu
BIZ bia and Mountville. Three cars
Ice the freight train, loaded with merohs
N, disc, were broken to pieces. The I
gine of the passenger train was bad
damaged, and the people were shak
ch up. Heckel, of Oolumb bia, was thro,
y through the glass OF the front Car do
.th and bad his head terribly cut. Ott
persons were cut and bruist
Traina we're delayed some time by
wreck.
n CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa, August "a
nd The Baltimore and Ohio express trs
by which left Pittsburg at O'Clock Ii
nd night jumped the track at Hermits
Station, six miles east of Co0uellsvil
at o'clock this morning, badly wret
W ing the engine and baggage cars, wbi
of went over an embankment. One p
, . senger coach was derailed, but none
the passengers were injured. T
trainmen escaped by jumping, exct
the fireman, who broke his leg.